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“When Kennedy took over from Eisenhower, the CIA spelled out much the same concerns. In July 1961 the CIA observed that “The extensive influence…

— Keith Bolender

In January 1961, the United States severed diplomatic relations in response to Cuban nationalisation of U.S.-owned sugar plantations, banks and businesses.

— Tariq Ali

President John F. Kennedy demonstrated the value of presidential credibility at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, when he sent emissaries to America's…

— Antony Blinken

Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of…

— Wally Schirra

Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he…

— Bianca Jagger

“There was enough intimidation, witness tampering and foul play to go around. Many books have been published about this subject, witnesses have died, some…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba

In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin a huge…

— Gore Vidal

We have to remember that literally within months after Castro's taking office the planes from Florida were beginning to bomb Cuba. Within a year,…

— Noam Chomsky

Kennedy was president for only 1,037 days, but during his short tenure, he achieved much. At the Cold War's most dangerous hour, he preserved…

— Gretchen Rubin

President Kennedy didn't negotiate out of the Cuban missile crisis simply because he and Khrushchev got along well. Khrushchev didn't have the cards.

— Colin Powell

In 1962, President Kennedy expanded an earlier trade embargo put in place by a predecessor, President Eisenhower, to a total economic blockade, which pushed…

— Tariq Ali

“One crisis, in Cuba, mounted quickly after Fidel Castro staged a successful revolution against a corrupt pro-American dictatorship and triumphantly took power in January…

— James T. Patterson